On the afternoon of July 4, in Sevastopol, temporarily occupied by Russia, local residents heard a powerful explosion and saw a huge column of smoke above the military unit of the Russian Federation.
Points of attention
- In Sevastopol, an explosion rocked near the Russian military unit, with a large column of smoke above it.
- According to public information, this explosion may be connected to ammunition disposal near the village of Flotske.
- Witnesses recorded black smoke over the city, after which a pillar rising to up to 100 meters in height began to rise.
- The Crimean bridge is temporarily closed, and additional speedboats are sent to Sevastopol from the southern coast.
Blast in Sevastopol: what is known
A powerful explosion rocked Sevastopol, and smoke is now billowing in the area of deployment of the Russian EW forces military unit.
The column of smoke after the explosion at Cape Fiolent rose to a height of more than 100 m.
Air alert sounds were heard in some Russian military units of Sevastopol.
And in the north of the Krasnogvardeyskoe district, Russian air defence was shooting into the sky.
Russian publics write that the explosion is connected with the disposal of ammunition at the place of arrival at the Shahed warehouse near the village of Flotskoe.
The Crimean Bridge is currently closed to traffic. And two speedboats are headed to Sevastopol from the southern coast.
What is known about explosions in Crimea
On July 1, the Russian occupiers assured that four air targets had been "destroyed", but black smoke was rising over the city.
As noted, the explosions rang out in occupied Sevastopol. Residents recorded in the photo the black smoke that began to rise above the city after this incident.
A column of smoke rose, probably somewhere from the direction of Cape Fiolent and Balaklava.
The monitoring Telegram channel "Crimean Wind" reported a hit to the military unit in the Karani (Flotske) district.
The social network also noted that the occupiers have a position on the Karan Heights.